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Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
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Sec. Lapus faces
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DepEd officials charged over pricey noodles |
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Graft charges were filed
Wednesday before the Office of the Ombudsman against Department of
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus and six others over an alleged
noodles scam.
In an 11-page
complaint-affidavit, businessman and whistleblower Prudencio Quido
Jr. charged the Lapus group with violation of Republic Act 3019, or
the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, by “causing undue injury
to any party, including the government; giving undue disadvantage in
favor of or discriminating against any other interested party; and
entering . . . into any contract or transaction manifestly and
grossly disadvantageous to the [government].”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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PALACE EYES
POSTPONING final SONA
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President Gloria Arroyo may
postpone her State of the Nation Address (SONA) should there be a
full-blown outbreak of A(H1N1) in the country, a Palace official
said Wednesday.
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‘Swine flu’
cases rising in schools
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Latest data from the Department of Education
Action Center showed that as of Wednesday there were 102 confirmed
A(H1N1) cases in 36 schools in Metro Manila, Antipolo City, Bulacan,
Laguna,...
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Typhoon
‘Feria’ kills at least five, bears down on Luzon
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At least five people were killed
while 10 others were reported missing after tropical storm Feria (or
Nangka) battered several provinces in Southern Luzon and the Visayas,...
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Villar reveals
vision for RP in New York
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During the recent commemoration
of Philippine Independence, Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. flew to New York
City and delivered a speech at the Carnegie Council on his vision
for the Philippines in the next few years.
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Ermita defends
GMA’s stopover in Colombia
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President Gloria Arroyo had a
“technical stopover” in Cartagena, Colombia, before proceeding
to her state visit to Brazil—and there was nothing wrong with
it—Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Wednesday.
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Australia, others
report A(H1N1) deaths
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SYDNEY: Australia announced its
third death related to swine flu Wednesday as the virus spread
rapidly through Aboriginal communities and the country’s tourists
were warned off Indonesia’s popular Bali island.
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Start metering
mobile phone calls–senators
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Senate President Juan Ponce and
Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd on Wednesday urged the metering of
calls made on mobile phones so that subscribers could only be billed
for the time actually used in their voice calls.
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‘PacMan’ to
star in movie with Pussycat Dolls singer
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Half-Filipino entertainer Nicole
Scherzinger recently agreed to star in a superhero movie with boxer
Manny Pacquiao, Solar Entertainment announced Tuesday.
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Supreme Leader
says Iran won’t back down in turmoil
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TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader
warned on Wednesday that the regime would not back down in the face
of opposition protests over the disputed presidential vote, amid
soaring tensions between Tehran and the West.
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Cory, Lozada
among Outstanding Manilans
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Former President Corazon Aquino
and ZTE whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada were among the
11 Outstanding Manilans given honors during the 438th founding
anniversary
of the city yesterday.
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